(A)Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
    (B)he who opens wide his lips (C)comes to ruin.
(D)The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
    while the soul of the diligent (E)is richly supplied.
The righteous hates falsehood,
    but the wicked brings shame[a] and disgrace.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:5 Or stench

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